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Broken Links Analysis<\/h2><\/span>
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One of the analyses that never fails in my Seo Audits is regarding broken links that generate 404 errors and inexorably waste crawling budget. Finding this criticality with Screaming Frog is very simple and requires only a few steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Start scanning your website.<\/li>\n
  2. Select the “Response Codes” tab.<\/li>\n
  3. Set the filter “Client Errors (4XX)” to display broken links.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>
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    Alternatively, you can select the “Clients Errors” item from the sidebar.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    In the example, 9 errors with status code 404 were found, corresponding to 0.18% of the links discovered in the crawl.<\/p>\n

    4. View the source of the broken links (Broken Links) by clicking on the ‘Inlinks tab; by selecting a URL in the upper window you can populate the “Inlinks” tab.<\/p>\n

    As you can see in the next example, there is a broken link to the BrightonSEO site (https:\/\/www.brightonseo.com\/people\/oliver-brett\/), which has as its source: https:\/\/www.screamingfrog.co.uk\/2018-a-year-in-review\/.<\/p>\n

    Here is a close-up view of the bottom pane of the window detailing the ‘inlinks’ data<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    The “From” column identifies the source where the 404-generating link is, while the “To” column displays the broken link (destination). In the following columns you can also see the anchor text, the alt text (if it is a hyperlinked image), and whether the link has a “follow” (true) or “nofollow” (false) attribute.<\/p>\n